Tell me about Medical Simulation Corporation.

MSC is the complete simulation education expert. We customize solutions to meet customer needs by combining the Right People, The Right Tools, and The Right Pathway to Practice®.

MSC's Mission Statement: "MSC is dedicated to improving patient safety, optimizing clinical outcomes, and accelerating economic performance of the healthcare industry."

MSC's Vision Statement: "MSC is creating a Market Development, Clinical Education, Performance Benchmarking, and Data Services company providing the members of the healthcare industry with tools and services which accelerate the effective attainment of their goals."

When was MSC founded?

MSC is a privately held company founded in 1998. Based in Denver, CO, MSC is utilizing simulation principles founded in the aviation industry to create a shift in the way healthcare teams are trained and medicine is practiced.

Who developed the SimSuite Technology?

In the early 1990s, a man named Bill Clark believed doctors should have a way to practice interventional procedures using a basic training product with catheters. He initiated the development of the technical force-feel or “haptics” of the simulator hardware. This idea was the basis for the evolution of what is today a very realistic training system for medical professionals.  The SimSuite System is available in a physical space of a hospital or as a flexible and convenient mobile training unit that takes training to healthcare professionals’ doorsteps.

Why did MSC start with cardiac and endovascular procedures?

MSC’s initial courseware offers endovascular training programs. Consider that cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of Americans, representing nearly 41% of all deaths. Chances are most Americans have spent time in a catheterization (cath) lab or know someone who has spent time there. Every day, approximately 7,000 angioplasties and related interventional cardiology procedures are performed in U.S. hospitals. MSC is actively developing and expanding its curriculum offering for its hospital customers. MSC’s new curriculum offerings have a strong emphasis on nurse and technologist training with a procedural focus on patient safety.

On what procedures can SimSuite now train?

Courseware for Physicians Click Here >

Courseware for Nurses Click Here >

Courses for Technologists Click Here >

Does MSC offer an AHA ACLS re-certification program?

The ACLS recertification program offered by Medical Simulation Corporation (“MSC”) at its SimSuite Centers is as outlined and mandated by the AHA Program Administration manual (PROAD) and the current ACLS Instructor manual. The AHA guidelines, criteria, current format and tests are administered by an MSC clinical educator who is certified through AHA’s program as an ACLS Instructor.  Successful completion of this ACLS recertification course results in an AHA Provider card.

Should you have any questions, please contact MSC's AHA Certified ACLS Course Director at ACLSCourseDirector@medsimulation.com.

What types of training courses will be available in the future?

Courses will be developed to meet a complete range of physician, nurse, and technologist needs. Simulations currently being constructed include cardiac and peripheral vascular procedures that deal with open chamber diagnostic and interventional procedures. There are a number of broad-skill courses that will address training challenges in the critical care and interventional suites. Enhancements to current courseware currently in development include more advanced adverse event management.

Do the SimSuite simulation courses provide CME/CEUs?

Yes. Category 1 CME and CEU credits are provided with a certificate at the completion of each eligible case.

How much does it cost to take a course at a SimSuite Center?

MSC customizes its solutions to match customer needs; therefore, the cost is individualized for each customer. To initiate a needs analysis, please contact us at feedback@medsimulation.com

How many SimSuite Education Centers are there?

MSC trains approximately 900 healthcare professionals per month and has conducted training in locations worldwide utilizing a combination of established SimSuite Centers and mobile platforms. For a list of SimSuite Education Centers, Click Here >

How would my hospital apply training in terms of personnel who could benefit from or utilize SimSuite training?

• The SimSuite courseware “reach” is broad in terms of its utility within your institution. Nursing staff, interventional radiology, vascular surgery, cath lab staff, interventional cardiologists, critical care nurses, and ACLS recertification (OR, ED) are among the hospital-based teams that would benefit from SimSuite training.
• In many cases, SimSuite staff orientation programs can reduce orientation time in half.
• Onsite continuing education and Category 1 CMEs and CEUs are offered. An ACLS card is delivered upon completion of skills verification.
• SimSuite training can include skills verification, metrics, and credentialing capabilities.
• SimSuite education is a safe and efficient way for your physicians and staff to be trained on the effective use of new devices and procedures without using your patients as the primary training material.
• SimSuite training can reduce product waste and improve procedure times.
• The SimSuite is a powerful public relations tool.
• The SimSuite can be the hallmark of a total quality program.

Tell me about your relationship with medical societies and agencies, and what is your involvement?

• NBME: Study to determine if simulation can differentiate between physician skill levels.
• SCAI: Benchmarking study - Interventional Cardiologists can benchmark their procedural outcomes against 25 experts. SimSuite technology was exclusively selected by the SCAI to conduct this study.
• AHRQ: Patient safety study - “Does simulation training reduce the time to learn clinical skills?” Compares live patient-based training methods to simulation.
• ABIM: Pilot study to validate simulation in testing physician procedural skill levels (first step in board recertification or physician credentialing). Ten sites across the country, 120 Interventional Cardiologists in three groups: novice, attending, expert. A variety of simulation platforms were evaluated prior to the launch of this program. SimSuite technology was exclusively selected by the ABIM to conduct this study.
• ACC: Through an RFP process, the ACC selected MSC to develop simulation programs for one of its initiatives that requires development of renal artery and iliac stenting programs.

In collaboration with the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Heart Association, and many other guideline-driven groups, MSC is able to provide a complete package of programs useful to physicians, residents, fellows, critical care nurses and technologists, medical students, operating room staff, and emergency department staff.